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1:05 PM.Victoria Kelly's latest collaboration with Okareka Dance has brought her into the rehearsal room. Victoria talks Eva through the collaboration process for their new work ' Mana Wāhine'. Audio

12:42 PM.Peter reviews Nikki Chooi's 'Winner's Tour' performance in Wellington on Friday, featuring pianist Stephen de Pledge and cellist Ashley Brown. Audio

12:15 PM.The inaugural Wallace National Piano Competition in 2013 was hugely successful: catering to pianists of various ages and levels of ability. Artistic director Rae de Lisle tells Eva about this year's… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Upbeat experimental-music contributor looks at the work of UK based ensemble of untrained musicians. Audio

12:40 PM.Dean reviews last night's Auckland premiere of NZ Opera's production of Verdi's La Traviata. Audio

12:17 PM.The King's Singers Members of UK based vocal ensemble who are touring NZ at the moment. Chris is the first New Zealand to join the group since its formation in 1968. Audio

1:05 PM.Chief curator at City Gallery Wellington talks about upcoming events including Chris Marker: Owls at Noon Prelude: The Hollow Men Audio

12:35 PM.Yves Lafoy, Official Representative of New Caledonia to New Zealand and Nathalie Buckrell, the Director at the Wellington Alliance Française preview La Fete de la musique (Music day) taking place… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Theatre Marketing Executive for Auckland Live talks about their Pick & Mix initiative which runs from Saturday from 21 June to 6 September 2014, for families to get a taste for the performing arts. Audio

1:21 PM.Tricks n' Treats' is the second moving-image exhibition by the Film Archive's Curator-at-large, Gareth Watkins. He tells Eva about its subject matter. Audio

1:00 PM.Bianca Andrew is fully immersed in Mahler over the next few weeks. The Wellington mezzo-soprano performs 'Kindertotenlieder' with Orchestra Wellington this weekend, before joining the combined forces… Read more Audio

12:34 PM.Gunter introduces the 'Matariki' suite by Mike Hogan, and Christopher Hill's new recording. Audio

12:15 PM.The musicians from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra are taking it to the children this week, working in a Christchurch school on an interactive programme of music and dance with local… Read more Audio

1:02 PM.Performing in Verdi's 'La Traviata' must seem a million miles away from David's previous life - he trained as an electrical engineer before beginning voice studies at the Royal College. The Scottish… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Should art galleries charge admission fees? Upbeat visual arts contributor David Alsop weighs it up. Audio

12:14 PM.Canadian organist Isabelle Demers is visiting this week presenting concerts in Auckland and Napier, performing works by Bach, Mendelssohn, and her own arrangement of a suite from Tchaikovsky's… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Co-founder of the Stroma new music ensemble previews their Auckland and Wellington performances of The Mirror of Time part 3 which features contemporary New Zealand works alongside historic and… Read more Audio

1:02 PM.Wellington based Jazz trumpeter on his recently released his debut CD "The Cut". The album was recorded in Montreal at McGill University where French was completing his Master's degree in Jazz. Audio

12:30 PM.Peter reviews the NZSO's complete Beethoven Symphony cycle which they performed in Wellington from the 12-15 of June. Audio

12:08 PM.Lexus Song Quest adjudicator and Radio NZ Concert producer announce the finalists and listeners choice for the 2014 competition. The finalists are Bianca Andrew, Edward Laurenson, Isabella Moore… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Upbeat blues contributor looks at the work of Howlin' Wolf. Born Chester Arthur Burnett in 1910, Howlin' Wolf was influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. Audio

12:50 PM.NZ clarinettist performing Webers Clarinet Concerto No 2 with the Waikato Symphony Orchestra this weekend. Nathaniel won this year's Waikato University Concerto Competition and placed third in the NZ… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Peter reviews the first Wellington concert of the NZSO's Beethoven Symphony Cycle. Last night's concert featured Symphonies 1, 2 and 3. Audio

12:07 PM.Philip Norman: Christchurch Music Centre Music spokesperson on the Christchurch Music Centre Trust comments on yesterday's good news announcement by Prime Minister John Key that the government would… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Local clarinettist releases his new CD Clarinet Treasures. Mark is back home in Christchurch briefly from his home in Sydney where he's been based for many years. "Hidden Treasures" features music… Read more Audio